Veronica montana L.

Taxonomy: Fam. Plantaginaceae// Genus: Veronica// Species: Veronica montana L. The classification is given according to The Euro+Med Planbase (Marhold, 2011+).

Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 3 (Tutin et al., 1972).

Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Europe to Turkey, Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlanBase (Marhold, 2011+). Also native to Caucasus according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat:  Forests, on somewhat shaded and moist places.

Flowering period: Spring: MAY.

References:

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1972). Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Veronica montana L. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:812334-1 [Accessed 01.06.2022].

Veronica montana. Marhold, K. (2011+): Veronica. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/aae6ec21-6e89-470a-af8a-fcba228d95c0 [Accessed 01.06.2022].